Antonyms for losses
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : laws, los |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɔs, lɒs |
Definition of losses
Origin :- Old English los "loss, destruction," from Proto-Germanic *lausa- (see lose). The modern word, however, probably evolved 14c. with a weaker sense, from lost, the original past participle of lose. Phrase at a loss (1590s) originally refers to hounds losing the scent. To cut (one's) losses is from 1885, originally in finance.
- noun misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- These losses are doubtless irreparable so far as the stocks in question are concerned.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The losses in New York City alone were said to be fifty millions.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- If he could have a bet on The Dutchman he would surely recoup his losses.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- It is to these circumstances that most of the losses were due.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The losses sustained by the Brigade were indisputably most severe.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Its losses had not yet been heavy, as most of the cannon fire was passing over their heads.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- These losses are much to be deplored, sir, but we must look 'em in the face.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- They share and share alike with me all joys and troubles, gains and losses.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- And they do say that he looked like Death, owing to his losses.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- He is a fatalist, taking his profits and losses as if they were gifts or blows of Fortune.
- Extract from : « About sugar buying for Jobbers » by B. W. Dyer
Synonyms for losses
- accident
- bad luck
- bereavement
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- cost
- damage
- death
- debit
- debt
- defeat
- deficiency
- depletion
- deprivation
- destitution
- destruction
- detriment
- disadvantage
- disappearance
- disaster
- dispossession
- failure
- fall
- fatality
- forfeiture
- harm
- hurt
- impairment
- injury
- losing
- misadventure
- mishap
- mislaying
- misplacing
- need
- perdition
- privation
- retardation
- ruin
- sacrifice
- shrinkage
- squandering
- trial
- trouble
- undoing
- want
- waste
- wreckage
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